Team effort cracks Tasmanian cave puzzle
A Tasmanian cave-diving team has made the long-sought link between Australia’s deepest and fourth-deepest-known caves – and broken the national cave-depth record in the process. Read more...
Dragonfish secrets of dental invisibility
Its name might mean “shiny loosejaw”, but its prey don’t see the danger until it’s too late. The unusually crystalline nanostructure of deep-sea dragonfish teeth is unique, rendering them virtually invisible, according to US researchers who have been analysing these teeth for the first time. Read more...
Diver hit by dhoni prop
A German scuba diver is reported to have been seriously injured after being struck in the leg by the propeller of a dhoni near Paradise Island Resort at Lankanfinolhu in the Maldives. Read more...
‘Highly protected’ English seas review welcomed
Timed to coincide with World Oceans Day (8 June), the UK Government has launched a review into introducing an elevated level of protection for England’s marine life and habitats in the form of Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs). Read more...
Now Cyprus has too many fish
With scuba divers reporting seeing 20 or more lionfish on a single dive around Cyprus, marine conservationists have held the first organised series of culls in the eastern Mediterranean island's coastal waters. Read more...
Wreck find surprises researchers
The wreck of an unidentified 19th-century sailing ship has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico by chance during sea trials of the research vessel Okeanos Explorer, operated by the USA’s National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Read more...
Delay in raising alarm at Tubbataha
A search and rescue operation is under way for a scuba diver in the remote Tubbataha Reef area of Palawan in the Philippines. Read more...
Shore-diver dies in Devon
A man has died following a shore-dive in Babbacombe Bay, Devon. Read more...
D-Day attractions protected 75 years on
Submerged Valentine and Centaur tanks, D7 armoured bulldozers and Mulberry floating harbour components, many of which have long been attractions for Channel scuba divers, have been given protected status to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Read more...
Saturday is World Oceans Day
World Oceans Day is set for next Saturday (8 June), and more than 50 official events have been organised around the British Isles, ranging from beach-cleans, barbecues and film screenings to debates. Read more...